Earthquakes Risk in Bangladesh

Earthquakes hazard maps and warning.

Sylhet city.

Bangladesh is not much away from most of the earthquakes risky zone, it also located in red zone in latest high seismic hazard maps of Asia. USGS provides latest hazard maps of Bangladesh, here Chittagong division and Sylhet division in high seismic hazard maps, it's worried news for Bangladesh. However UNESCO heritage site world's largest mangrove forest are out of red zone, but have Tsunami risk. For travelers, it's very important to avoid the risky building for looking a hotel in Sylhet and Chittagong area, you also can avoid the building as hotel. Sylhet is a divisional district in Bangladesh and located at noth east area and has border with Indian state Assam. Assam is the one of the most earthquakes risky area in the world, has many dangerous record of earthquakes disaster. Not only Sylhet or Chittagong, also Dhaka city is the one of the earthquakes risky city in the world, the city of almost 20 million. Most of the building in the Dhaka city are unplanned, over 78 thousands building in the list of risky building in the city, surveyed by Gov. Now time to prepare for dangerous disaster as earthquakes. In Bangladesh, here have not any expert rescuers team, neither the Fire Services Department. We have saw their hopeless rescuing on Rana plaza.

Hazard maps Bangladesh.

Now time to make a strong expert rescue team, or get ready for biggest disaster without preparedness.